Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1933 Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Title card: '3,000 Track Stars Shine in Penn Relays' / MS runners on their mark at Franklin Field, starting pistol is fired, runners take off / LS tilt down runners running relay race / MS runners run toward camera, Jones of University...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Philadelphia Athletics win World Series
Quick title card: 'Athletics win World Series, Philadelphia - ninth inning rally gives A's 3-2 victory over Chicago in fifth and deciding game' / Pres. Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover / intertitle: 'President and Mrs. Hoover see...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Coal miners in Fayette County, PA
A group of coal miners with helmets pose for photo, then carry their lunch pails and enter the elevator to the mine / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Postmaster General James Farley attends opening of new post office in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Title card: "Farley dedicates new post office at Wilkes-Barre" / crowd gathered in front of new post office / US Postmaster General James A. Farley and other officials on stage in front of post office watch as US flag is raised while...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Penn Relays track meet at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Title card: "Flying feet! New champions win laurels in Classic Penn Relay Carnival" / runners racing past camera / shot of runner's legs as they race on wet, muddy track / runners jumping over fence into water obstacle in steeple chase /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt speaks at National Democratic Club Dinner, 1936
Title card: "On Our Way" superimposed over American flags surrounding portrait of Franklin Roosevelt / black-tie audience at Commodore Hotel applauds as President Franklin Roosevelt arrives on stage on the arm of son John / Roosevelt at...
Curated Video
What Does Poor Rating For Collapsed Pittsburgh Bridge Mean For Others?
Infrastructure spending advocates note there are thousands of bridges across the U.S. with the same poor designation as the bridge that collapsed.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Seven-alarm fire in Philadelphia
Title card superimposed on the firemen spraying jets of water on a burning building, "7 Alarms - Big Philadelphia Fire Destroys Defense Stock" / Men spraying water on twisted wreckage of a collapsed building and men looking through...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A look at some of the midterm election winners in the 1954 US elections
Title: "South Carolina" superimposed over high angle shot Democratic convention in SC, with banner "States Rights Democrats" hanging above stage / CU victorious Senate candidate Strom Thurmond speaking at microphones / side angle MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Demonstration in Philadelphia of new US Army turbine-powered helicopter, Piasecki YH-16A "Turbo Transporter"
Card: "Paramount News issue no 33" / title "'Turbo Transporter,' Huge craft in first public showing" superimposed over helicopter hovering above ground / people walking up to parked helicopter and walking up ladder into it / shot of rear...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Figure Skating Championships in Hershey, PA
Title "Hershey, PA - Nat'l Figure Skating Championships" superimposed over legs of female skater spinning / crowd in stands watching / two shots of young female figure skater Carol Heiss doing her routine / various shots of female figure...
Sky News
Brunner Island Power Plant Pennsylvania Rust Belt
CLEAN: Exterior shots of Brunner Island Steam Electric Station including the front entrance and barriers and a sign advertising the 'incident free' days on 2 June 2017 in York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Descendants of Grant, Lincoln, Meade, and Lee at the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg
MS men in overcoats standing in front of Lincoln bust at the Gettysburg National Cemetery are Ulysses S. Grant III, Robert Lincoln Beckwith, George E. Meade, and George G. Lee; the men have gathered at the cemetery for the 70th...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Men at Swarthmore College perform research on cosmic rays with transmitter and cellophane balloon
MS group of men standing in field around elongated cellophane balloon in air, large pipes laying in bkgd / CU inflated balloon / VS man adjusts radio transmitter that sits in wire basket, basket broadcasts data on cosmic rays / two other...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The "Freedom Tank" appears at the Crusade For Freedom parade in Philadelphia, 1954
"The Eyes and Ears of the World--Paramount News" superimposed over mountain and 3/4 ring of stars / Title card: "Crusade for Freedom, The Nation Responds" / Low angle tilted up Exterior Independence Hall / CU plaque on Independence Hall...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1956 Penn Relays feature new records set in broad jump and javelin throwing
Title: "Penn Relays" superimposed over men running / LS crowd in Franklin Field stadium at relay race / aerials men running / Gregory Bell sets broad jump record / CU Bell / CU Reinaldo Oliver with javelin / Oliver throws javelin and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pittsburgh defeats West Virginia 26 -7 and crowd storms the field even before the game is over
Title: "Football - Pitt Hands West Virginia First Defeat" superimposed over play / Top shot Pitts team takes to the field / 3rd quarter - West Virginia's ball - quarterback is rushed by Pitts #83 John Paluck, End, and throws ball away in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Team from Norwalk, CT beats Monongahela, PA 4-3 and wins the Little League World Series
Title: "Baseball - World Series Junior Size" superimposed over game under way / PAN different teams parading / MS Canadian club parade / VS CU Connie Mack, retired Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, in dugout with 2 Pennsylvania...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Harry Truman issues order for government control of steel industry
Title card: "A Timely Report - Steel Seizure Order Stirs National Debate" / quiet steel mills across the United States / men walking / on strike steel workers picket / men at cars listening to President Harry Truman's announcement of the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ejection seat simulation at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Title card: "Newest in Sky Rescue Methods" / title: "Canopy Ejection Seat Tested by Navy" superimposed over net / Navy airplanes in flight / dummy in ejection seat simulation / at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, seat is fired out of cockpit...
Curated Video
AP calls Pennsylvania for Obama
1. Zoom of AP Western Election Centre
2. Zoom in of screen with graphic calling state of Pennsylvania (21 votes) for Democrat Barack Obama
3. Mid of election centre staff on the phone
4. Top shot of AP Western Election Centre
5. Pan of...
Hearst Metrotone News
A stone carved with the words E Pluribus Unum covers the top of the entrance to the U.S. Mint.
A stone carved with the words E Pluribus Unum covers the top of the entrance to the U.S. Mint.
Hearst Metrotone News
The Liberty Bell rings as an American flag waves.
The Liberty Bell rings as an American flag waves.